Lead Turbomachinery Design Engineer – Nuclear Reactors

Hardware FYI; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Antares is seeking a Responsible Engineer for Turbomachinery to own turbomachinery hardware from concept to production for nuclear reactors. You will coordinate analysis, design, manufacturing, testing, and supplier activities to meet program requirements and schedules.

The ideal candidate has experience taking complex mechanical designs from concept to production, balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, risk, and schedule while retiring technical risk and maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or a related engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of full-cycle design engineering experience.
• Experience releasing production-intent mechanical drawings and models for fabrication, including GD&T and tolerance stack-up.
• Working knowledge of turbomachinery and high-speed rotating machinery.
• Experience making engineering tradeoffs involving performance, manufacturability, cost, risk, and schedule.
• Demonstrated ability to break down complex engineering problems, prioritize work, and drive technical issues to closure.
• Ability to coordinate and delegate technical work while maintaining ownership of the complete hardware.

Responsibilities

• Own new and existing turbomachinery hardware through development and production.
• Lead the design, analysis, build, and test of turbomachinery for Antares nuclear reactors.
• Translate system requirements into turbomachinery requirements, interfaces, and verification plans.
• Coordinate work across aerodynamics, mechanical design, structures, rotordynamics, bearings, thermal analysis, manufacturing, and test.
• Define development and test plans that retire the highest technical risks early.
• Work closely with external suppliers and Antares manufacturing, test, and quality engineers to deliver hardware on schedule.
• Investigate issues during manufacturing and test, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Improve existing designs to increase reliability and manufacturability, reduce cost and lead time.
• Lead design reviews and communicate technical status, risks, and decisions to engineering and program leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Tradeoffs

Coordination

Ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering

Master’s degree (preferred) in Mechanical/Aerospace

Tools

NX CAD design

ANSYS Mechanical

ANSYS CFX

GD&T

Job description

Antares is seeking a Responsible Engineer for Turbomachinery to own turbomachinery hardware from concept to production for nuclear reactors. You will coordinate analysis, design, manufacturing, testing, and supplier activities to meet program requirements and schedules.

The ideal candidate has experience taking complex mechanical designs from concept to production, balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, risk, and schedule while retiring technical risk and maintaining